Bottle-stopper.



No. 801,109. BATEN'TED 001a, 1905.

H. L. ROOSEVELT. BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION-FILED JAN. 21, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed January 21, 1905. Serial No. 242,125.

To (LIZ 71/71/0177, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRYLATROBE Roose- VELT, captain United States Marine Corps, residing at Washington, in the District of O0- lumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle-stoppers, more particularly to bottle-stoppers which employ a screw-cap for holding them in place; and one object is to construct the stopper and cap in such a manner that when they are removed from the bottle they are still retained in engagement, and danger of loss of one or the other is prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for holding the cork, and in this case its attached screw-cap, to the bottle when the cork is removed.

To the accomplishment of these objects and such others as may hereinafter appear the invention comprises the novel construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, showing the preferred embodiment thereof, in which the same referencecharacters designate like parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a canteen for army use with my improved stopper attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my improved stopper. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cork alone, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of screw-cap to be used with the cork.

Referring to the drawings, 1 shows any form of bottle-body, the one here shown being in the nature of a canteen as used in the army, but as herein shown it has its sides concave and convex, so that it may fit comfortably next the body of the wearer. The ordinary strap for holding the canteen over the shoulder of the wearer is shown at 2, passing through the straps 3 on the sides of the canteen.

The neck 4 of the canteen is shown with an external scr w-thread 5, which may be of any preferred form. IVithin the neck 5 is an ordinary cork 6, which, however, has formed thereon in any convenient manner two flanges 7 and 8, the preferred means here shown of attaching these flanges being a sleeve 9, having the flanges 7 and 8 made integral there with. These flanges are of substantially equal diameter, as shown.

About the neck 4 and fitting over the threads 5 is mounted a screw-cap 10, in the top plate of which is formed asuitable aperture through which the cork 6 is passed, this aperture having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the flanges 7 and 8. The top plate of the screw-cap is preferably formed of some spring metal so that the flange 7 may be forced therethrough into the position shown in Fig. 2, thus leaving the screw-cap free to move on the cork between its two flanges, but unable to be removed therefrom without using some force. By this construction it will be seen that the cork and its screw-cap are always kept in engagement, whether in use on the bottle or removed therefrom.

In the modified form of screw-cap shown in Fig. 4 instead of cutting a circular hole in the top plate this plate is formed of a plurality of lugs 11, the distance between the faces of the lugs being less than the diameter of the flanges 7 and 8. This cap may be placed in position either by springing it on, as previously described, or by bending the lugs up until the flange 7 can slip through, and then rebending them back into their normal position, as shown by Fig. 4.

The cork is provided with a wire finger-hold 12, which is riveted thereto, as shown at 13,

and to this finger-hold is attached one end of a chain 14, the other end of said chain being attached to the bottle in any convenient manner, as by fastening to aring 15, mounted on the bottle-neck.

It is not desired to be understood that the invention is limited to the details of construction and arrangement of parts as herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that numerous variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangement without departing from its spirit and scope. The right is therefore reserved to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of the invention and the terms of the followingclaims:

I claim 1. The combination with an externallyscrew-threaded bottle-neck, of a cork therefor, a flange on said cork, and a screw-cap for said neck constructed to engage said flange to hold said cork in place, substantially as described.

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for said neck having an apertured top plate constructed to rest between said flanges and engage the lower one to hold said cork in place, substantially as described.

3. The combination with an externallyserew-threaded bottle-neck, of a cork therefor, a collar on said cork provided with a flange at each of its ends, and a screw-cap for said neck having an apertured top plate constructed to rest between said flanges and engage the lower one to hold said cork in place, substantially as described.

4:. The combination with an externallyscrew-thread ed bottle-neck, of a cork therefor, a pair of flanges on said cork of substantially equal diameter, and a screw-cap for said neck having an apertured top plate located between HENRY LATROBE ROOSEVELT.

W itnesses:

HUGH L. MA'r'rnnws, E. M. BRANDT. 

